Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1918 — Page 2

ELEPHANT STEALS FOOD DURING NIGHT

SMALLEST OF HERD FEEDS BIG ONE AFTER HIS THEFTS. Cunning of Animal Discovered by Trainer as He Watches Sammy Carefully Free Himself. Baraboo. Wie —The mystery of vanishing elephant food has been solved. And now Sammy, smallest of the elephant herd, la “in bad.” Babylon, the largest of the tribe, also is receiving few kind words during these days, for it is the big fellow who is credited with putting thieving ideas into the little elephant’s trunk. The elephants, which belong to a circus, are housed in a large brick barn. ‘‘Elephants have enormous appetites,” exclaimed George’ Denman, keeper, who discovered Sammy during his nightly raids on the feed. Of course, there is always a great deal of feed around —tons upon tons of hay in the loft overhead and stacks of sacked oats and piles of baled straw in the corners of the barn. “Sammy, though a tiny chap, would, I am sure, eat his weight in oats every day, were he allowed to have bis way. But, though the elephants are well fed, they are not allowed to have all the food that they might like. And now we come to our story. “The lights had been put out for the night and I supposed that every' one of my charges was sound asleep. So 1 was about to leave the bam when I heard a low, rasping sound coming from the opposite side of the big room. Instead of walking straight across the ring, I softly slipped around back of the elephants. Peering from behind a pile of baled straw, I saw Sammy was carefully lifting his chain stake out of the ground with his trunk. "The stake came out so easily that I knew' the little rascal must have had it out before. As I watched, he slipped his foot-chain down over the tapering end of the stake and was free. I was not afrajd that he would do any real mischief, for I realized that he must have been loose many times before. “Across the barn, some twenty feet from where Sammy had been chained, were a number of sacks filled with oats. Picking up his foot-chain very carefully, with his trunk, so it would not rattle or jangle on the floor, he moved slowly and cautiously until he was within reaching distance of the grain. Then he laid down the chain and picked up a sack of oats in his trunk. His journey back to the herd was made even more cautiously, because this time he was obliged to drag the chain and yet have to make no noise. * “At last he reached the elephant line and went up to the giant Babylon, who stood like a great, bronze statue. There Sammy stopped and Babylon, whom I had supposed fast asleep, took the oats. They got into the bag in a twinkling and then the feast began. Sammy filled his mouth and munched away, for he knew that his big companion would get most of the oats if he lost any time. f “As it was, Babylon took almost half the oats at the very start, and poor little Sammy, his mouth so full that he couldn’t speak. “I decided it was time to make a noise, just to see what would happen. So I banged on the floor and then walked to the back of the barn, wondering what I should do to punish the pair. A few days before I had had to use a sharp instrument on one of Babylon’s teeth, and he hadn’t liked that one bit Tins gave me an idea. “I went to my own room, got out the instrument and went back. There was Sammy in his usual place at the stake, pretended to be fast asleep. I didn t do anything to Sammy, but went over to Babylon. “He was playing possum too. I had a good deal of trouble in wakening him. To punish Babylon, I ordered him. to sit down and opepjiis-mouthas wide as possible. Then I made a lire--tion as if to pass the instrument inside. At sight of it the big'fellow shut his mouth arid began to cry and trumpet like a great baby. He became so frightened that he never repeated his trick with the oats again. “What about Sammy, you ask? Why, that sly little rascal is more trouble than all the rest of the circus elephants put together. He gets loose just whenever he wants to. But then, you see, he’s the baby of the family and that, of course, make a difference.”

USES WELL AS INCUBATOR.

Hot Water Causes Eggs Buried in Sand to Hatch. Beaumont, Cal.—An artesian well of bot water that serves, the double purpose of irrigating his land and hatching hen’s eggs is owned by E. L. Edmunds, living near Oasis in the Coachella Valley. The water hah a temperature of 101 degrees at the well. It irrigated six acres of asparagus, from whicl. Mr. Edmunds made almost daily shipments during December, January and February. Heat to operate an incubator is secured by placing five gallon cans with perforated sides in an irrigation ditch. The cans are partially filled with sand in order to sink them. The eggs are then put in the sand and turned v daily until hatched. As the water is at an even temperature at all times a satis factory hatch record has resulted. ?• t ‘

JEALOUSY AND LOVE.

The prevalent idea appears to be that there can be no love without a pretty large admixture of jealousy, and that, conversely, almost every ease of jealousy springs from some misguided love affair. Whether this Idea is the right one or not is decidedly open to question. Ideal love affairs preclude jealousy altogether, and where absolute trust and confidence exist there is no room at all for the green-eyed monster. It is only when the course of true love ceases to run smoothly, or where the passion is an unlawful one, that jealousy creeps in like the canker at the root. One curious attribute of the jealous woman who plans to sweep her rivals out of the way is that she generally shows a marked lack of brains in her methods. Jealousy is popularly supposed to arouse a diabolically clever Ingenuity in the breast of the jealous fair one—but as a matter of fact, it seldom does anything .of the sort. Analysts say jealousy makes women do the most stupid things in the world! Not only does it blunt all their ■finer feelings, but at the same time it causes a curious confusion of mind* which fail to take the proper grasp of consequences, and which is utterly Illogical and childishly reckless in its workings. One has only to glance at the daily papers to see this fact practically illustrated. The scheme# of the jealous woman are the most childishly; immature in-the world, and in almost every case fall to pieces and bring speedy retribution on her own head. For not alone does the victim suffer. The worst generally comes upon the plotter herself. - Love very often does bring a certain amount of jealousy in its train. But at the same time it is entirely up to ourselves to curb those feelings and to keep them from outward and visible sign of expression. Mdreover it is perfectly true that, altho love generally does admit of jealousy, the latter can exist and flourish pretty successfully without love. A woman may be desperately jealous of the attentions which a man pays to another woman without in the least loving that particular man. For jealousy may spring from hurt pride, or from balked hopes, or from the fear of what people may say, quite as frequently as it springs from love. Therefore in the last analysis it may most assuredly be claimed that jealousy and love are two distinct and quite seperable affairs.

THE ADMIRABLE HOSTESS.

Tact and talent are required to be a good entertainer. The qualities essential to make an admirable hostess are various, and it would be difficult eo say which is the most essential one. One indispensable quality of a good entertainer is to appear, and if possible, really to feel interested in the things that her visitors discuss. This quality is also a requisite of the fascinating and popular woman. However entertaining you may be, you should not lose sight of the fact that others may also want to air their talents in the conversational line, and you should give them a chance. There is nothing more exasperating, besides being downright bad form, as to listen in an abstracted, slightly Impatient manner, and begin at once your story before the words are fairly out of your visitor’s mouth. Listen attentively, interestedly, and do not show that you are waiting for one to finish. Another phase of impoliteness is to anticipate the point of an anecdote or to announce that you have “heard it before in a different way.” Such breaches are really unkindness, and would never be committed if you cultivated the faculty of putting yourself in the other’s place. You like attention; you like time to tell your story, and draw your point; you like appreciation of your stories, Why not accord to others these privileges? x While assuming an interest in others, do not also assume that others are interested in all that appeals to * you. If everybody followed this suggestion, the problem would be solved in a trice. It requires much tact and discrimination in selecting topics for all degreeis and shades of thought. Do not talk above the heads of people just to air your own ideas or display your language.. Many people do this to make an impression, but the impression they do make Is usually just the opposite of the one they expected to make.

NEEDLEWORK NOTES.

An evidence of the value of tiny ( tucks was seen on a white voile blouse. The deep sailor collar had a. border formed of tucks, and down the front of the blouse there was a straight piece of voile with tucks running horizontally from neck to the waist line. The tucks were short enough to allow the sides of the panel to flare. Darning by machine is easy, speedy and results in a mend that is scarcely noticeable. To darn, place the article In an embroidery frame to hold steadily and keep It straight; move the stitch of the machine to the shortest point and take out the presser screw. Use. a fine thread. Place the article to be darned under the needle, hold firmly and move steadily back, forth sidewise of wherever you wish to go, not turning the goods around at all.

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THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENBSELAEB, 1-W.

Milk as Food

Economy in the diet does not al- , ways depend upon limiting the use of i certain foods, put sometimes it is a j question of actually increasing the use of foods which furnish nutritive niaterial at low cost. Milk belongs to the latter class, and the housewife would do well to study its food value, and decide whether her family is using as much as it should. The average person in this country uses* 1 only a little more than a half-pint of milk daily, and this quantity can very profitable be increased when safe milk is available. Many people think of milk as a beverage, but if they understood that it is in reality a nourishing food, they would increase their daily allowance. We eat foods for two main reasons: First, to renew body wastes and promote growth by forming new tissues and fluids; and second, to supply energy for carrying on body functions. The following table, compiled by specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculttire, shows the quantities of various foods needed' to supply as much protein or energy as one quart of milk. PROTEIN. 1 quart of milk 7 ounces of sirloin steak 6 ounces of round steak 4.3 eggs 8.6 ounces of fowl ENERGY I quart of milk II ounces of sirloin steak 12 ounces of round steak BVi eggs 10.7 ounces of fowl Another method of comparison is shown by the table below, in which the relative value of certain foods, as economical sources of protein, is given: TO SUPPLY PROTEIN AT EQUAL COST Milk at — Is as cheap as or eggs at—sirloin steak at — 7 cts aqt 16.3 cts alb 17.6 cts dos 8 cts aqt 18.6 eta alb 20.1 cts doz 9 cts aqt 21. cts alb 22.6 cts doz 10 cts aqt 23.3 cts aib 25.1 cts doz 12 cts aqt 27.9 cts alb 30.2 cts doz 15 cts aqt 34.9 cts alb 37.7 cts doz According to this table, if milk is selling at 10 cents a quart, sirloin steak must sell as low as 23.3 cents a pound, and eggs at 25.1 cents a dozen, to supply protein at equal cost TO SUPPLY ENERGY AT EQUAL COST. When Sirloin steak must & eggs not milk is— not be more than more than 7 cts aqt 9.9 cts alb 9.3 cts doz : 8 cts aqt IL3 cts alb 10.6 cts doz i 9 cts aqt 12.8 cts alb 11.9 cts doz 10 cts aqt 14.2 cts alb 13.2 cts doz 12 cts aqt 17.0 cts alb 15.9 cts doz 15 cts aqt 21.3 cts alb 19.8 cts doz , It can be seen, therefore, that milk even at 15 a quart is a cheap source of ehergy as compared with sirloin steak and eggs. I In comparing foods it is necessary to consider both the protein and the energy furnished. Neither one alone can properly be used as a basis of comparison, nor is there any correct ! way to reckon the value of a food by considering the total amount of nutritive elements. It is very difficult to compare foods on the basis of the mineral matter they contain, but all physiologists agree that milk is extremely valuable from this standpoint. Indeed it is the food prepared by nature especially for growth and development of the young, i A quart of milk a day is a good allowance for a young, growing child. , In addition to being an economical . food, milk is usually easily digested, and requires no cooking or other preparation for the table. Specialists of the department have found also that . it is digested better when taken with ' other foods. I. There are innumerable ways to use milk in copkery, such as in pudding, blancmange, soups, chowder, sauces, "junket,’*' etc., and in all these ways it is both appetizing and nourishing.

FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.

Do not soak green vegetables. Wash them quickly In cold water just before they are to be cooked or stewed. Mix together in a bottle equal parts of vinegar and paraflin, cork and put away for use. It ie splendid for pictures, mirrors, pianos and floors., Considerable food matter is wasted when potatoes are pared before cooking. The most economical method of boiling is te boll them in the skins and peel just before serving. Painted woodwork that has been marred by match scratches can be restored to its original condition by rubbing with lemon and then washing with a clean rag dipped in water. To raise the pile on velvet put on a table two pieces of wood. Place between them, bottom side up, three flat-irons that have been heated very hot, and over them lay a wet cloth. Hold the velvet over the cloth with the wrong side down. When thoroughly steamed, brush the pile with a light whisk, and the velvet will look like aew. ■’ * '

It is exactly as difficult to keep out of love as it is to keep oat of trouble.«

CHICKEN FAT VALUABLE IN COOKERY.

Do you. throw away the body fat of • poultry—big layers of clean, sweet;, yellow fat around the gizzard and' found elsewhere around the intestines of the chicken? If you do, say specialjets of the United States Department of Agriculture, you are throwing away fat which French housewives consid- ' 6r the finest of fats for making cakes and especially puff paste. In certain seasons in New York and other big cities, this fat is uohighiy esteemed that it brings as much as sl.lO per pound. So great is the demand for this fat that many people make a business of collecting it from butchers and others who dress poultry before deliv- i ering it to customers. Housewives would do well to insist on having it delivered if they buy their poultry dressed. By using chicken fat in cooking they can cut down the amount of fat they must buy for that purpose. To prepare it, try it out in a double boiler, or other vessel set in hot water, until the fat just melts away from the tissues and can be poured off. This fat becomes rancid easily and should be kept cool and covered like blitter and used in a very few days. Chicken fat, like goose fat, may be used for shortening in cakes such as spice cake where the seasoning used will mask any flavor which the fat might have. It can also be used for frying the chicken itself or other meats and for warming vegetables, etc. 1

A PAT OF BUTTER.

One pat or serving of butter is a little thing—there are about 64 of them in a pound. In many households the butter left on the plates probably would equal one pat or 1-4 of an ounce dailyscraped off into the garbage pail or washed off in the dish pan. But if every one of our 20,000,000 householders should waste 1-4 of an ounce of butter daily, on the average, it would mean 312,500 pounds a day—--114,062,500 pounds a year. To make this butter would take 265,261,560 gallons of milk—or the product of over half a million cows. But, butter isn’t eaten or wasted in every home, some one objects. Very well. Say only one in 100 homes wastes a pat of butter a day—over 1,000,000 pounds wasted. Still intolerable when butter is so valuable a food and every bit of butter left on a plate is so useful in cookery. The U. : S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., or your State Agricultural college will tell you how to use every bit of butter in cookery.

HEALTH NOTES.

To remove warts take a potato scrape it and make a poultice; tie it on the wart at bed dine. Do this twice a week for three or four weeks and the wart will disappear and leave no mark. Corns really are warning signs that we are illtreating our feet, either by wearing tight shoes which in time deform the bones of the feet or by wearing shoes which permit the foot to chafe, thus submitting the surface of the foot to intermittent pressure. Dark rings under the eyes show that the body in one way or another is being overtaxed by worry, or that the physical system is deranged. Lack of rest, late hours, or an irregularity of the kidneys will bring those gray, heavy lines. Drink plenty of water every day; get out of doors regularly; look after the diet and get to bed early. The woman who does her own housework is usually worn out at the end of the day. She is apt to conclude therefore that exercise is not a word intended for her. She could hardly make a greater mistake, however. A woman needs a half hour’s rest near the middle of the day, it is true, but she needs also systematic and stimulating exercise. One reason why women are so fatigued at the end of the day is that they lack muscle tone. Halt an hour of brisk exercise suited to the particular needs of each individual, and taken regularly followed by a cold dash of water, will serve to keep the whole muscular and nervous system in- tone. It also works wonders in keeping eyes bright and color good, something that all women desire. i

Recipes.

Tricadilloes —One large cup chopped cooked meat, veal, beef or lamb, one-half cup breadcrumbs or boiled rice, one tablespoon onion, chopped fine, seasoning of salt, pepper and sage. Moisten with beaten egg and water. Shape and brown them in drippings, or prepare and cook an croquettes in deep fat. Coffee Cake—Take a small tablespoon of butter and the same of lard and cream them with about one-half cup of sugar. Add an egg well beaten, three-fourths cup of milk and stir in a pint of flour in which has been sifted one and one-half teaspoons of baking powder and a little salt. Stir well together and spread in a shallow pan. Sift sugar over the top, also cinnamon, and dot with little bits of butter. Bake in a hot oven. Stewed Potatoes—Pare, wash and cut into half-inch thick about a quart of potatoes. Put a teaspoon’ of butter in frying pan, add tablespoon finely chopped onion and fry until a gulden brown. Stir in a tablespoopful flour and when all is well blended add tw<> small cups hot water, small teaspoonful salt, tablespoonful chopped parsley if you have it, and a little pepper. When it boils up good, stir in the potatoes, cover closely and let simmer gently until cooked. Delicious with dry* meats or fish.

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SHIP BUILDING IN SOUTHERN CITIES

Louis of, Jacksonville, Fla., writes the following interesting account of shipbuilding in the south. The letter was addressed to his brother, B. F. Fendig, of this city, who has kindly handed it to us: Well the big war is getting pretty close to home now, especially as they say that Germany is going to make us along the east coast in the war zone. The submarines have not operated very much this far South thus far, although two or three 'boats ran in here for shelter, claiming to have sighted the devils off this coast, but these spectacular moves on the part of Germany only tends to make us more determined and speed up. We are getting them now and just give us another year and the organization will be working perfectly. Take the shipbuilding, and the way they are putting tonnage into the water now demonstrates what this country can do when they get started, in Jacksonville, the yards now are organized and there is hardly a week that a boat don’t go into the water, last week they launched the first frabicated ship front the big steel’ ship yard, and within nineteen minutes from the time the boat hit the wter, a keel was laid for another boat on the same ways, at this yard they have six big steel boats in the course of construction now, and are now fixing additional ways for six more. So they will be building twelve steel ships at one time. In the wood boat yards they are likewise doing wonders, and there is here in Jacksonville alone about twelve big wood ships just about ready to be launched. Next comes the concrete boats. Jacksonville has just been named for one of the five big government concrete yards, they will build 7,500 ton ships of the same type as the “Faith” launched at Seattle. The five yards will be located at Wimington, N. C., Jacksonville, Mobile,* San Diego and San Francisco, Cal. This means a big additional influx of workmen and Jacksonville is chuck-a-block today, there not being a vacant house in the city and hundreds of new workmen coming Tn all the time, in fact the government has appropriated $650,000.00 for houses for the workmen, in Jacksonville as the city itself can not take care of the people. When all the yards get going full capacity, there will probably be something ! like 10,000 ship builders at work! here. lam pointing these facts out to show what is being done, for Jacksonville is not alone in this work, other cities are doing as much, in fact many of them more, Brunswick is turning out ships on almost as big scale as Jacksonville. By the way I guess you heard of the plum Brunswick got in the big picric acid plant to be located there, this plant will cost $7,000,000.00 to construct and carries with it the building of an industrial city to house 10,000 workmen, this will be built about seven miles out from Brunswick, and you can see what this will mean to that town, it will truly put Brunswick on the map, and Brunswick has been on the map right along, from ship building standpoint, Brunswick with its new industry ought to be a city of thirty-five thousand before another year. There is bne thing certain we are seeing a great deal of the war preparation work, with the camp and the war industries that are here, the government has just appropriated $2,000,000.00 for the. purpose of enlarging our camp, and the construction work will start on this at once, this will almost trouble | the size of the camp. I

The Ladies Literary club will have a benefit show at the Star theatre Friday evening, June 21. of the show is “The Yankee Way, with George Walsh in the leading role. The ladies ask your patronage. Peter Nomenson, of Dwight, 111., is here today, where he has some very important business matters to look after.

Dr. H. L. Brown returned today from Indianapolis. Mrs. H. R. Mardof went to Chicago this fore-noon. Dr. H. L. Brown, who has been attending a meeting of the Shriners in Indianapolis, returned today. John Merritt went to Toledo, 0., Monday to attend a meeting of the millers called by the government. The Food chub and War Mothers of Barkley township will meet at the Centre school house, Wednesday afternoon, June 19th. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Strange and children returned to their home in Kewanna, after a visit with relatives here. Everett Graham, Jr., of Cedar Falls, lowa came today for a visit with the family of his uncle, E. M. Graham, of this city. Bess Schumm returned to her home in Van Wert, Ohio, after a visit here with Mr. and Mrs. Scott Hilliard. Mrs. Clara Brookie returned today to her home in Frankfort, after a visit with the family of Everest Greenlee. Inez Kiplinger left this morning for an extended visit with friends and relatives at Dunkirk, Hartford City and Muncie. J. C. Thompson, the venerable veteran from Fair Oaks, was in Rensselaer today. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Shehan, of Monon, were here today to attend the funeral of Charles Eggleston. - James N. Leatherman ahd daughter, Helen, went to Chicago this morning. James and Joseph Halligan went to Chicago this forenoon to purchase cattle.

J. A. McFarland, Ed. Lane, Frank Welsh and John Kolhoff went to Indianapolis today to attend the ; Democratic State Convention. Geo. M. Meyers drove them down in his car. William Hershman, ex-county ! c immissioner, was in Rensselaer Mofidav evening, having returned from Chicago, where he had some cattle on the market. Charles Pefley will furnish you trees for fall planting direct from Rochester, N. Y. Every tree guaranteed to grow or replaced free of charge. Phone 475. Mr. ahd Mrs. Paul Smith and children, of Herrington, Kansas came today for a visit with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith, of NewIqnd. >*- Mrs. Oscar Hauter went to Battle Creek, Mich. Monday to be with her daughter, Mrs. Spitler during the absence of Lieut. Spitler. “• Miss Margaret Higgins continued to her home in Joliet, 111. today, after a visit with her cousin, Miss Alice Eib, of Barkley township. Miss Higgins was a teacher in the Indianapolis Technical School. ■■ I ■' 1 "" Sergeant Raymond Roy. who has been spending his furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Roy, went to Hammond today and will visit his sister before returning to Camp Dix, New Jersey. In a letter received from Floyd Meyers, now at Camp Sherman, he calls our attention to a clipping cut from the Cleveland paper in reference to Samuel O. Duvall. He also says that all Jasper county boys in thp 84th Division have been moved here a,nd are undergoing intensive training preparatory to going across.